Sharmila's classes are such a joyful experience for kids!  Her great interest and enthusiasm are apparent as she exposes her students to a variety of subjects in an interactive and fun manner.  Her accelerated academic classes expose children to the world by integrating many subject areas into the lesson.  She teaches about the continents, its countries, cultures, foods, arts, history, geography, languages, famous explorers, scientists, flora and fauna, yoga and so much more!!  The children apply their minds as they learn about teamwork and collaboration, communication through discussions, and sharing ideas. 
Students love hearing to music from various parts of the world, tasting world cuisine, doing short skits in foreign languages, playing cricket, trying to play the Didgeridoo, working on currency exchange rate problems or even learning the roman numerals.  The children leave class with a stronger understanding of another part of the world, respecting new found cultures and respecting each other through their shared discussions and hands-on projects.  Sharmila inspires creative thinking and great leadership while introducing the children to exciting information.

Carol Logue
Director, Extended Day Programs
St. Catherine's and St. Christopher's School, Richmond 
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Sharmila Sanjay is an incredibly gifted teacher.  Her contagious and energizing enthusiasm and love for learning and for teaching the wonders of our world stirs something of awe, of curiosity, of empathy, and kinship deep within our children.  She taps the open minds of her students and pours in history, art, science, mathematics, geography and discovery.  With the intriguing stories of great men and women across the world.  With hands-on experience.  With games.  With art.  William Bennett is quoted as saying  " Seen only as a laundry list of theorems in a workbook, science can be a bore. But as a "hands-on" adventure guided by a knowledgeable teacher, it can sweep children up in the excitement of discovery. "  But Bennett has not yet met Sharmila.  She sweeps her students up on the excitement of an adventure story through the science of rain, volcanos and mountains.  Yet she won't stop there.  This rain, these volcanos and mountains may be in Japan. So her students learn some words in Japanese (konnichiwa), about the food (try some), the history (learn about rice farmers and the ways and battles of the great Samurai men), the art (create Ikebana), religions of Japan (Buddhism and Shintoism), and daily life (care to practice the tea ceremony of the Samurai), and the economy of today.  Sharmila then directs the children in a play where the children speak only Japanese!  And this is just Japan.  The world has many more countries and Sharmila will soon be teaching your child about all them, in depth, if given the chance.  There's no rote memorization.  In keeping with Plato's wisdom of long ago -